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Government takes aim at students on PUP
By Michael Shiel Over a year into the Covid crisis, the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) has been an…
White Moose Cafe Twitter outrage & exploitative practices in the hospitality industry
By Dan O’Rourke The White Moose Café in North Dublin, and it’s owner Paul Stenson, have recently been…
Hospitality reopens in the North: Workers must be organised
by Neil Moore The announcement of the reopening of hospitality venues by the Northern Ireland Executive has been…
What’s impeding the vaccine rollout?
By Keishia Taylor The end is in sight – over a million Irish residents, or just over a…
PUP in crosshairs as youth unemployment at record levels
By Leon Fitzpatrick Given the scale of the economic collapse and job losses that followed the onset of…
Carphone Warehouse closure: latest casualty of retail jobs crisis
By Peter McGregor Carphone Warehouse has moved in recent days to shut down all of their Irish stores,…
Don’t risk a fourth wave: No reopening which puts profit over health
By Conor Payne From 4 May on, the government plans further measures to reopen the economy and lift…
Dangerous precedent: Gardaí ban taxi drivers’ socially-distanced protest
By Brian McCarthy Gardaí have banned a taxi drivers’ protest which was planned for Thursday 29 April, using…
Oppose outsourcing and attacks on union rights: Solidarity with ESB technicians
Text of the Socialist Party leaflet in support of striking ESB network technicians. ESB network technicians and members…
Ban on evictions & rent increases lifted as the housing crisis continues
By Councillor Fiona Ryan The government has recently ended its blanket ban on evictions, opening the way for…